Ol Kleyr

A handful of changes since the weekend leads us to the sign of "Ol Kleyr" that Amanda posted on the bathroom door after her and mommy used the bathroom. If you read the words phonetically, you get the safe "All Clear" message that one can interpret. Despite the sign I didn't open the door to see if "All was safe" as I have a keener sense of smell then Amanda does.

However the "Ol Kleyr" words lead me to a theme for Alexandra. On Friday she weighed in at 3lbs 12 ounces. She just started to wear regular clothes and she no longer is in the bassinet (I call incubator, which was a temperature controlled, plastic encased cube that had holes for our hands to get inside). Alexandra is now wrapped up in a blanket, with clothes on. On Friday I visited her on my way home from work which then allowed Jeanette and her sister to visit. That evening turned into a very long visit but Tia was able to hold and feed Ali with a bottle. Something few of us have done and maybe never do since we hope to get her off the bottle and straight on tap. I myself prefer a cold beer on tap more than the bottle or can. I can only imagine what the warm milk tastes like when you have to work for it.

When, when, when???

That is they question I hear more than anything. Alexandra is progressing well. No exact day on her release but she is getting closer. We just attended one of two classes last night. Which was a checklist of basic items the hospital covers when it is time for baby to go home. I have a feeling she will be home sometime next week. But if she is on our schedule, meaning having the house clean and us ready to move at our pace with her, maybe next year. All Alexandra really has to do now is drink from the bottle with out de-satting (no breathing issues during and after feedings). She has good feedings and then some where she only take 15ml of her 35ml from the bottle. Below are some great pictures of Ali's first "real bath". One where her whole body went in the water not just a sponge bath that I gave her a while ago. I have more updates from the weekend but not enough time to post the pictures:

• SJN Fun Fair pictures
• Gifts for the girls (dresses, hair clips, shoes, etc.)
• Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. My niece Jaclyn sent us some hand made chocolate for us and the girls. Not just chocolate but the real crap one dies for as we have a large selection of white and regular goodies for us to get high on for a while. Pictures coming soon of this.